Maharshi Dayanand University, ab initio established as Rohtak University, Rohtak,
came into existence by an Act No. 25 of 1975 of the Haryana Legislative Assembly
in 1976 with the objective to promote inter-disciplinary higher education and research
in the fields of environmental, ecological and life sciences. It was rechristened
as Maharshi Dayanand University in 1977 after the name of a great visionary and
social reformer, Maharshi Dayanand. It had a unitary and residential character in
its nascent stage, but became an affiliating University in November 1978..